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PHOTO GALLERY: Faces of September 11

The South Shore remembers 9/11.

 
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Former selectman Dick Quintal built a memorial to the victims of Sept. 11, 2001 next to his store on South Spooner Street in North Plymouth. The Town of Plymouth holds a ceremony at the memorial each year. This year, Plymouth was one of a few towns that were given a section of steel beam from the World Trade Center by the City of New York.
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Elaine Wheaton, a Braintree native now living in South Carolina, with her son Mark Perakslis, who moved to Franklin, MA. Mark was scheduled to fly out of Boston on one of the hijacked planes on Sept. 11. Credit Elaine Wheaton
Hingham High School senior Carlie Burke was only 8-years-old when the tragic events of 9/11 struck America. The incident has changed her life. Burke was not sparked by anger or hate, but rather by the will to help others. She plans to enlist in the military after graduation. Credit Carlie Burke
Police Captain James Hasson from district E-5 of West Roxbury will join hundreds of bicyclists participating in this year's Tour de Force 9/11 Memorial Bike Ride. "A lot of people in the bike ride not only lost comrades, but family members. That one catastrophic event changed peoples lives forever," said Hasson. This will be Hasson's fourth time participating in the four-day bike ride that begins at Ground Zero in New York City on September 8 and ends at the Pentagon on September 11. Credit David Ertischek
Greg Pando has lived in Canton since the late 1940s. The architect is on the Canton committee that is creating a 9/11 memorial for the town. The monument, the first for the town, will be unveiled on the 10-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks. Credit Lisa Gentes
In the weeks and months following the attacks on the World Trade Center, most of the members of the Milton, Mass. fire department drove to New York City to attend the funerals of fellow firefighters. With NYFD members handling the rescue efforts themselves, Milton Fire Chief Jack Grant recalls there was only one way for out-of-towners to chip in and attend those line-of-duty funerals. “[The NYFD members] were very concerned they weren’t going to be able to have proper services,” said Grant. So Grant and other firefighters from all over the country traveled to New York frequently. Following the attacks, Grant, who was a lieutenant at the time, attended somewhere between eight and 12 funerals. Credit Courtesy Jack Grant
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